Cincinnati Offers Tyler Lee Quarterback Chance Amie

It's always nice to be regarded as an NCAA Division I quarterback prospect because, frankly, there just aren't a lot of opportunities for solid high school signal-callers to advance to the next level. Most schools sign one quarterback per year.

Cincinnati invited the rising senior to join its program, Amie reported through his Twitter account.

That's a pretty big deal because first-year coach Luke Fickell and the surrounding Bearcats staff need to make a splash at the most high-profile position in their first full recruiting cycle. They have chosen Amie (6-3, 190) as a candidate to help them ingratiate themselves with the Bearcats fans.

Amie turned in a good junior campaign on the heels of a breakout sophomore season in relief of former quarterback Zach Hall, who missed three starts in 2015 due to injury.

While Lee went 2-8 last season, Amie completed 97 of 180 passes for 1,556 yards and recorded 10 touchdowns to seven interceptions. He carried the ball 183 times for a net of 1,265 yards and scored 17 touchdowns.

Four of Lee's losses came by one possession. Two of the losses were in spite of Lee scoring 50 or more points.

Amie is currently working with Lee head coach and quarterback specialist Clayton George. The 2017 season will be their second year together.

Cincinnati, which competes in the American Athletic Conference, went 4-8 last season. Former head coach Tommy Tuberville resigned at the end of the campaign, having never lost more than five regular season games his first three years.

Fickell joined the Bearcats program after spending the previous 14 seasons as a defensive coach at his alma mater, Ohio State. He served as the Buckeyes' interim head coach for the full 2011 season following the resignation of Jim Tressel and got the crippled program to a bowl game.

Cincinnati owns a 605-582-51 record through 121 seasons of competition.

Amie, like all college football prospects currently in their junior year of high school, will become eligible to sign with any program that offers him in December.